Offshore Supply Vessel

The amount of air that a filter can handle. Expressed in CFM.

A command to stop or cease immediately what one is doing.

The stress condition in linear elastic fracture mechanics in which the stress in the thickness direction is zero; most nearly achieved in loading very thin sheet along a direction parallel to the surface of the sheet. Under plane-stress conditions, the pl ...

The process of desiccants being regenerated by water being driven off the desiccant. Hot air or gas passes through the desiccant bed, heating it. As a result, the partial pressure of the water vapor becomes higher than that in the regenerating air. Water ...

Net Standard Weight

National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program.

Coasting Service in Western Samoa.

A situation in which waves strike a boat from the side, causing it to roll unpleasantly.

A term previously given to the shares of smaller companies least traded on the London Stock.

See biological corrosion.

(turbine oils) -- a test for determining the ability of an oil to aid in preventing the rusting of ferrous parts in the presence of water.

The record of courses steered and distances traveled since the time a ship's position was last fixed by shore or astronomical observations.

National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia.

Coasting Service in Belau.

Cyclical stocks are those companies who earnings tend to ebb and flow with the fortunes of the.

An alloy having an amorphous or glassy structure. See also amorphous solid.

Anemometer which measures wind speed by measuring the degree of cooling of a metal film heated by an electric current. A type of cooling-power anemometer.

The outer resin surface of a fiberglass boat, usually colored.

The angle between the sail and the apparent wind or the rudder or centerline and the water flow.